Al-Malazz
حي الملز | |
|---|---|
 Al-Malazz, 2023 | |
  Al-Malazz  Al-Malazz | |
| Coordinates: 24°39′53″N 46°44′7″E / 24.66472°N 46.73528°E | |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| City | Riyadh |
| Established | 1954 |
| Founded by | Saud bin Abdulaziz |
| Named for | Al-Malaz Square |
| Government | |
| • Body | Baladiyah Al Malaz |
| Language | |
| • Official | Arabic |
Al-Malazz (Arabic: حي الملز, romanized: ḥaī al-Malaz), formerly al-Riyadh al-Jadidah (lit. The New Riyadh)[1] and the Red Sea neighborhood,[2] is a commercial and residential neighborhood and the seat of the sub-municipality of its namesake, al-Malaz, in downtown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Named after the al-Malaz Square (now King Abdullah Park), it was built between 1954 and 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulaziz as a housing project for government employees and was later developed into a full-fledged district. The neighborhood has a large presence of overseas Syrian community alongside native Saudi nationals.[3]
It is the very first modern locality in the city, alongside the al-Nassiriyah district, which replaced the local Najdi architecture with a modern one.[4] The area is also popular for hosting several iconic landmarks, supermarkets, streets and government ministries.[5]
- ^ "Riyadh Architecture in One Hundred Years". Center for the Study of the Built Environment. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ "وسط الرياض.. حنين على ما تبقى من ذكريات!". www.alriyadh.com. 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ الرياض, عبد الله محمد ـــ (2006-09-24). "الهنود حول المطاعم". alyaum (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ "الملز .. قصة الحي الخالد في الذاكرة السعودية "1"". صحيفة الاقتصادية (in Arabic). 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ "حي الملز". مدونة عقار (in Arabic). 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2021-10-15.